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Posted on August 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Odd News

Table tennis star finally old enough for a girlfriend at 25 (Reuters)

Reuters - China's 25-year-old world number one Wang Hao has finally been deemed old enough to have a girlfriend by Chinese table tennis officials, local media reported on Tuesday.

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Mariachis set world record in Mexican city

Yahoo News – 2009-08-31


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Man With Bag Full Of Panties Arrested

clickorlando.com – 2009-08-31


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Israel’s Wealthiest Woman Says She Can See the Future

washingtonpost.com – 2009-08-31


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Stimulus checks lure Floridians to their arrest

Reuters – 2009-08-31


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Norwegian complains to police about prostitute; gets slapped with $1,300 fine

CBC – 2009-08-31


Posted on August 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Hoarding energy-guzzling bulbs ahead of EU ban (Reuters)

An employee shows a traditional light bulb (R) and two low-energy consumption bulbs at the Osram factory in Molsheim, eastern France December 11, 2008. REUTERS/Vincent KesslerReuters - Germans, who sometimes see themselves as guardians of the environment, are hoarding energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs ahead of a looming European Union-wide ban, the GfK market research agency said.



Posted on August 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Grandson sues to clear Stalin over killings (Reuters)

A man holding a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin walks at a rally marking Stalin's 128th birth anniversary in his hometown of Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) west of Tbilisi, December 21, 2007. REUTERS/David MdzinarishviliReuters - Josef Stalin was in the dock on Monday when a Russian court held a preliminary hearing in a libel case brought by his grandson over a newspaper story which said the tyrant had ordered the killings of Soviet citizens.



Posted on August 31, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Odd News

Probing election data release via Twitter (Reuters)

Reuters - German election officials said on Monday they were investigating whether exit poll data were made public on Twitter before polls closed Sunday and there might be an appeal against the result if laws had been broken.

Posted on August 30, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Odd News

Mariachis set world record in Mexican city (AP)

Mexican Mariachi musicians perform during the International Mariachi Festival in Las Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. A total of 549 musicians got together to win the record for playing several songs in just over 10 minutes. A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records, Stuart Claxton, made it official at the Festival. The old record belonged to 520 mariachis who performed in San Antonio, Texas, in 2007, said Francisco Beckman, an organizer of the record-breaking attempt. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Ay, ay, ay, ay! Guadalajara finally boasts the world's biggest mariachi band.



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